HOW TO NAVIGATE WALMART’S
SUPPLY CHAIN

Learn all aspects of  inventory flow from experts with decades of Walmart and Sam’s Club experience. Whether you need an immediate grasp of supply chain or an immediate improvement of your results, this tactical class will lay it all out for you, clearly and completely.

Who should take this class:
Those working in supply chain, replenishment, analysis and warehouse operations; those new to supply chain or new to Walmart; accountants and executives who need to understand the supply chain processes and ramifications.

You Will Learn

OTIF: On Time In Full Overview

SQEP (Supplier Quality Excellence Program)

• Overview and portal
• Defects, fines, and invoicing
• ASN (Advance Shipment Notification)
• FIXit

Fuel Management Program (FMP)

What you must know about packaging, labeling, shipping

• Case markings and labels
• Inner pack
• Meat and poultry cases
• ASN shipping
• Shipping labels LTL
• Shipping labels for cases and pallets

Requirements for pallets and bagged items shipping to Walmart

• Types of cases (configurations)
• Hazmat label requirements

RFID Requirements

DC types

• Automated RDCs
• CenterPoint Consolidation

Lead Time Audit: When and when not to do one

ASPEN

Finer points of EOQ

Freight Factor: How to influence it and why it’s important to your buyer

How to get more from your efforts

• Ladder Plan
• Demand Forecast Report
• Supply Plan Report

How to find the root cause of out of stocks

TSCP (Transportation Supply Chain Portal)

• Key points
• Late pickup notification
• Ship point information
• Load planning

Creating a ticket in the Transportation Ticketing Portal

THIS CLASS IS FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
IT IS A LIVE ZOOM MEETING WITH A MAXIMUM OF 10 PARTICIPANTS/INSTRUCTOR.
PRICE: $650

SAVE 10% WHEN YOU PURCHASE 3 CLASSES AT ONE TIME.

Registration closes at 3 P.M. Central Time on the last business day prior to the class.

Requirements and Notes

• Each student must register; one participant per registration.
• NOTE FOR NEW WALMART SUPPLIERS: In order to produce valid reports, your company should be shipping to Walmart prior to taking this class.
• During this class, no data is shared, confidentiality is maintained throughout, and proprietary materials of Walmart’s are not distributed.
• Content for this class is revised frequently — whenever changes or updates occur.
• Suppliers should have access to Luminate™ and should know Excel before registering for this seminar.
• Prior to class, you will be sent a Supplement with information pertinent to your class.
• Within three days after your class, you will receive a Certificate of Completion in your email. Many suppliers post this on LinkedIn because it keeps a profile fresh and exciting as well as up-to-date.
• 8th & Walton classes and seminars are exclusively for Walmart suppliers; only a supplier who works directly with Walmart may register.
• With its goal of improving content and presentation, 8th & Walton records each class. This is used strictly for its own edification and then only on an as needed basis. The recordings are not shared outside 8th & Walton. 8th & Walton always treats the privacy of its students, any comments students may make during class, and Walmart’s proprietary information with utmost respect. 
• Students are not allowed to record using a note-taker. 8th & Walton values the privacy of its students and adheres to confidentiality always. We also honor proprietary information from Walmart. Furthermore, class materials are written and copyrighted by 8th & Walton, and recording them is an infringement of copyright laws.
• 8th & Walton, LLC, Bentonville, AR is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Walmart or its affiliates. All references to Walmart, as well as its affiliates, trademarks, and brands, are not intended to imply that 8th & Walton LLC is a Walmart vehicle for advertising or any other commercial purposes. Retail Link® and Walmart Luminate™ are registered trademarks of Walmart.